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December 15, 2008

Salisbury mayor to retire

The Daily Times of Salisbury reports that the city's mayor, Barrie P. Tilghman, will retire this spring after 12 years on the job. The Democrat is the town's first woman mayor and, according to a nice appreciation of her in the Daily Times, one tough lady.

I only met her a few times on trips out to the Shore, but she struck me as focused and very much in  charge. Any intel on her (or scuttlebut on why she's hanging it up now) from folks on the other side of the bridge would be much appreciated.

Posted by Andy Green at 10:04 AM | | Comments (1)
        

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I lived in Salisbury for four years and only met her once. I've lived Baltimore for six months and have shaken Sheila Dixon's hand at least three times.

BP Tilghman was a little bit too invisible for a town as small as Salisbury but seemed pretty inoffensive. I guess that's the goal in politics.

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Annie Linskey covers the statehouse for The Baltimore Sun. Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she covered the corruption trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon and kept a close eye on city spending. Her reporting on the city’s economic development arm led to the termination of multiple improperly bid seven-figure public works contracts and her coverage of the death of a fire department cadet resulted in overhaul of that agency’s top brass. Before that, as a crime reporter, she interviewed Bloods gang members and the police detectives who pursue them.
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